1953/8/19 - Kermit Roosevelt and CIA modified an earlier plan by British, supported coup led by Gen. Zahedi and army to overthrow Mossadeg and install Shah Pahlevi; Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf spent $10 million from CIA to organize opposition to Mossadegh, later trained the Iranian police of the Shah

1954 - Ike granted $85 million aid to Shah; Herbert Hoover Jr. as special petroleum advisor to Dulles arranged new oil consortium in Iran with 5 American companies and BP distributing the oil produced by state-owned wells, profits split 50/50, limiting production to keep stable price, and oil guaranteed to NATO allies